Dr. Kenneth J. McBey is a Professor of Human Resources, Disaster & Emergency Management, and Public Policy Administration & Law at York University. His research and teaching draw on his earlier career as an infantry officer in the Canadian army, where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and commanding officer of the 48th Highlanders of Canada. Throughout his military career, he held a wide variety of command and staff appointments, including those in human resources related areas such as recruiting, operations and training. This real-life testing of academic theories has proved to be of invaluable assistance to his scholarly work in the academic realm.

Professor McBey earned a Honours B.A. in political economy and a B.Ed. from the University of Toronto, and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the Schulich School of Business at York University.
He has served as Director of York University’s graduate and undergraduate Human Resources Management programs, and he was the founding faculty member of York's Disaster & Emergency Management program. He teaches a wide variety of courses including Human Resources Planning, Leadership and Management Skills, Recruitment, Selection and Performance Appraisal, Staffing Organizations, Training and Development (including the Internet course), Organizational Behaviour, Organizational Theory, Social & Behavioural Dimensions of Disasters, and Teaching Learning & Pedagogical Processes.
He has been a visiting professor at the Aberdeen Business School and the Graduate Programs in Human Resources and Management at the University of Aberdeen, and Robert Gordon University, Scotland, The Australian National University, the University of Otago, New Zealand, and the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour in the Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway.
Professor McBey is active in a wide variety of community and voluntary associations, and he serves on the Boards of several not-for-profit organizations. He was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal by the Government of Canada for making a “significant contribution to his fellow citizens, community and to Canada.” Among Professor McBey’s other honours and awards are the J. Reginald Adams Gold Medal in Political Science & Economics from the University of Toronto, the Canada 125th Anniversary Medal for outstanding service to Canada, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Canadian Forces Decoration (C.D.), and appointment to the Order of St. John by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Area of Specialization

Human Resources Management

Degrees

PhD, Schulich/York University
MBA, Schulich/York University
BEd, University of Toronto
BA (Hons.), University of Toronto

Research Interests

Current Courses

Upcoming Courses

Term

Course Number

Section

Title

Type

Winter 2017

AP/HRM3410 3.0

N

Training and Development

ONLN

Winter 2017

AP/HRM3410 3.0

O

Training and Development

ONLN

Dr. Kenneth J. McBey is a Professor of Human Resources, Disaster & Emergency Management, and Public Policy Administration & Law at York University. His research and teaching draw on his earlier career as an infantry officer in the Canadian army, where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and commanding officer of the 48th Highlanders of Canada. Throughout his military career, he held a wide variety of command and staff appointments, including those in human resources related areas such as recruiting, operations and training. This real-life testing of academic theories has proved to be of invaluable assistance to his scholarly work in the academic realm.

Professor McBey earned a Honours B.A. in political economy and a B.Ed. from the University of Toronto, and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the Schulich School of Business at York University.
He has served as Director of York University’s graduate and undergraduate Human Resources Management programs, and he was the founding faculty member of York's Disaster & Emergency Management program. He teaches a wide variety of courses including Human Resources Planning, Leadership and Management Skills, Recruitment, Selection and Performance Appraisal, Staffing Organizations, Training and Development (including the Internet course), Organizational Behaviour, Organizational Theory, Social & Behavioural Dimensions of Disasters, and Teaching Learning & Pedagogical Processes.
He has been a visiting professor at the Aberdeen Business School and the Graduate Programs in Human Resources and Management at the University of Aberdeen, and Robert Gordon University, Scotland, The Australian National University, the University of Otago, New Zealand, and the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour in the Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway.
Professor McBey is active in a wide variety of community and voluntary associations, and he serves on the Boards of several not-for-profit organizations. He was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal by the Government of Canada for making a “significant contribution to his fellow citizens, community and to Canada.” Among Professor McBey’s other honours and awards are the J. Reginald Adams Gold Medal in Political Science & Economics from the University of Toronto, the Canada 125th Anniversary Medal for outstanding service to Canada, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Canadian Forces Decoration (C.D.), and appointment to the Order of St. John by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Area of Specialization

Human Resources Management

Degrees

PhD, Schulich/York University
MBA, Schulich/York University
BEd, University of Toronto
BA (Hons.), University of Toronto